Open Scriptures at BibleTech:2009

Open Scriptures Picking Up the Mantle of the Re:Greek – Open Source Initiative

Open Scriptures An open Web repository for integrated scriptural data and a platform for building applications of scripture.

Information Explosion

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Scriptural Data Types

Scriptural Data Types • Manuscripts

Scriptural Data Types • Manuscripts • Translations

Scriptural Data Types • Manuscripts • Translations • Versification Systems

Scriptural Data Types • Manuscripts • Translations • Versification Systems • Morphosyntactic Parsings

Scriptural Data Types • Manuscripts • Translations • Versification Systems • Morphosyntactic Parsings • User Tags, Annotations, Cross References

Linked Data

Linked Data Principles

Linked Data Principles • Use URIs as names for things.

Linked Data Principles • Use URIs as names for things. • Use HTTP URIs so that people can look up those names.

Linked Data Principles • Use URIs as names for things. • Use HTTP URIs so that people can look up those names. • When someone looks up a URI, provide useful information.

Linked Data Principles • Use URIs as names for things. • Use HTTP URIs so that people can look up those names. • When someone looks up a URI, provide useful information. • Include links to other URIs so that they can discover more things. — Tim Berners-Lee, “Linked Data” <http://www.w3.org/DesignIssues/LinkedData.html>

Linked Data

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What to link?

“The really important thing about data is the more things you have to connect together, the more powerful it is.” —Tim Berners-Lee’s TED Talk

So link everything!

Semantic Linking Granularly interlinking the semantic units between texts

Manuscripts Translations NIV DSS LXX Old Testament KJV NET (Tanakh) TM WLC ESV NIV TR WH New Testament Vul KJV NET UBS Byz ESV

Complete Graph? UBS WLC TR LXX WH KJV KJV NIV NIV DSS Vul NET NET TM Byz ESV ESV

Complete Graph? Ouch! UBS WLC TR LXX WH KJV KJV NIV NIV DSS Vul NET NET TM Byz ESV ESV

Graph with intersection nodes WLC DSS TR WH Byz UBS TM Unified Unified Manuscript Manuscript LXX Vul ESV ESV NET NET NIV NIV KJV KJV

Partially interconnected trees Unified Unified Manuscript Manuscript LXX TM DSS WLC TR Byz UBS WH ESV KJV NIV NET NET NIV KJV Vul ESV

Unified Manuscript Merging Manuscripts Together to Create an Intersection Point between Texts

Manuscript Unification MS1 MS2 A1 b2 b1 C2 C1 e2 É1 d2 f1 f2

Manuscript Unification MS1 UMS MS2 A1 b2 b1 C2 C1 e2 É1 d2 f1 f2

Manuscript Unification 1. Normalize MS1 UMS MS2 A1 a b2 b1 b C2 C1 c e2 É1 e d2 f1 f f2

Manuscript Unification 1. Normalize MS1 UMS MS2 2. Insert A1 a b2 b1 b C2 C1 c e2 É1 e d2 f1 f f2

Manuscript Unification 1. Normalize MS1 UMS MS2 2. Insert 3. Save links A1 a b2 b1 b C2 C1 c e2 É1 e d2 f1 f f2

Manuscript Unification 1. Normalize 1. Normalize MS1 UMS MS2 2. Insert 3. Save links A1 a b b2 b1 b c C2 C1 c e e2 É1 e d d2 f1 f f f2

Manuscript Unification 1. Normalize 1. Normalize MS1 UMS MS2 2. Merge 2. Insert 3. Save links A1 a b2 b1 C2 b C1 c e2 É1 e d2 f1 f2 d f

Manuscript Unification 1. Normalize 1. Normalize MS1 UMS MS2 2. Merge 2. Insert 3. Save links A1 a b2 b1 b C2 C1 c e2 É1 e d2 f1 d f2 f

Manuscript Unification 1. Normalize 1. Normalize MS1 UMS MS2 2. Merge 2. Insert 3. Save links 3. Save links A1 a b2 b1 b C2 C1 c e2 É1 e d2 f1 d f2 f

Example Application Manuscript Comparator

Example Application Manuscript Comparator • Comma Johanneum (1 John 5) • Pericope Adulterae (John 7:53-8:11) • Ending of Mark’s Gospel (Mark 16)

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Working Database Schema

Potential Applications

Potential Applications • Translation Comparator

Potential Applications • Translation Comparator • Comprehensive Concordance

Potential Applications • Translation Comparator • Comprehensive Concordance • Translation-Independent Cross References

Potential Applications • Translation Comparator • Comprehensive Concordance • Translation-Independent Cross References • Interlinear/Bilingual Editions

Potential Applications • Translation Comparator • Comprehensive Concordance • Translation-Independent Cross References • Interlinear/Bilingual Editions • Just scratching the surface...

Semantic Linking Linking Translations to Unified Manuscript

Semantic Linking Example I like to study the Bible with you. Me gusta estudiar la biblia contigo.

Semantic Linking Example with you. I like to study the Bible Me gusta estudiar la biblia contigo.

Semantic Linking Example with you. I like to study the Bible Me gusta estudiar la biblia contigo. Interlinking the equivalent semantic units between texts

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